Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193133 on Mental Health Services: Further Education and Schools, what his Department's definition is of a mental health team in (a) schools and (b) colleges.

Mental Health Support Teams have three core functions: to deliver evidence-based interventions for mild-to-moderate mental health issues; support the senior mental health lead (where established) in each school or college to introduce or develop whole school or college approach; and give timely advice to school and college staff and liaise with external specialist service to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.